The Duke porn star
When I heard about the anonymous Duke University porn star, the first thing I did was turn to Google [more]

Paedophilia and sexual norms
The controversy surrounding Harriet Harman's links to an organisation affiliated with Paedophile Information Exchange, has highlighted how different some 'acceptable' sexual attitudes were in the 1970s

More sex boosts your intelligence
The latest research, conducted on mice, found that sex greatly increased the creation of neurons located within the hippocampus, an area of the brain that is responsible for the formation of long-term memory. [more]

The app for threesomes
The company behind Tinder and Grindr is now responsible for 3nder, a dating app that finally makes it possible to have threesomes with people you meet on the internet.

25 Feb 2014

European Parliament has the sex trade wrong
The day had to come when the European Union would start regulating our sex lives. And with the European Parliament debating prostitution this week in Strasbourg that day is almost upon us.

Porn studio digitally removes condoms
An entrepreneurial porn studio is using post-production techniques to re-create the look of a bareback movie while complying with a Los Angeles County law requiring adult film actors to wear condoms.

First human penis donated to museum
The Final Member, a documentary released on April 18, which details Sigurður Siggi Hjartarson's hunt for the first human penis to place in his Phallological Museum in Reykjavik, Iceland [more]

Is sex in the cinema getting too real?
As Lars Von Trier's controversial and explicit sex odyssey opens in cinemas this weekend, we ask actors what they think about being asked to perform in increasingly graphic sex scenes

Has Germany become the bordello of Europe?
The Paradise in Stuttgart, Germany, is one of the largest mega-brothels in Europe. But critics say Germany's liberal approach with its sex laws has spectacularly failed

America's weirdest love laws
Oral and anal sex are still illegal in Pennsylvania, as is having sex in anything other than the missionary position, in Montana

21 Feb 2014

The sex wasn't hard, the S&M embarrassing
Charlotte Gainsbourg, the star of Lars von Trier's new film Nymphomaniac, tells Xan Brooks about her experience of playing a sex addict in the director's epic and sexually explicit drama.

Life as a Nymphomaniac body double
Naked stand-ins aren't rare in the movie business, but for a racy movie like Nymphomaniac, they are akin to the indispensable stuntmen who carry the most intense scenes in action flicks

Porn addiction doesn't exist
Dr David Ley says only 37% of research articles about excessive porn use describe it as an addiction and just 27% contain actual scientific data

The evolutionary puzzle of homosexuality
In the last two decades, dozens of scientific papers have been published on the biological origins of homosexuality, but how does it fit with Darwin's theory of evolution?

My moment of surrender
When Marlen first started wrapping rope around my body, I felt like I was going to be sick. I took a few deep breaths and surrrendered...these pictures capture the moment perfectly.

Cure for love: fixing a broken heart
Britain's New Scientists takes a look at whether chemicals can cure the lovestick, and the praying mantis, where the female eats the male alive, while they are mating

Game of Thrones: more male nudity
Dutch actress Carice van Houten, who plays the enigmatic Red Priestess Melisandre, has defended the amount of bare flesh in the show and called for more male nudity in the HBO series.

Everyone I've ever had sex with
A 24-year-old woman from Melbourne, lists the people she has had sex with, and when she was convinced that she never wanted to do it again.

13 Feb 2014

Sex is not just for younger women
New research suggests middle-aged women who are sexually active are likely to carry on having sex for decades after, suggesting many women do not lose interest in sex as they get older

The power of mindful sex
The primary difference between "special" sex and everyday sex might be described as mindfulness.

12 Feb 2014

Amateur Girl, reviewed
Amanda Whittington's monologue, based on a true story of an underpaid nurse resorting to DIY porn to supplement her income

Rejected female libido drug retested
Two months after the Food and Drug Administration rejected a pill to treat low sexual drive in women, the maker has agreed to conduct additional testing. If approved, flibanserin would be the first drug on the market to treat female hypoactive sexual desire disorder.

5 Things that happen only in porn
By now, you've probably realized that a hot-and-horny delivery girl isn't going to show up at your doorstep every time you order a pizza

Electrosex for couples
Many assume electric sex play is only for people who enjoy pain. Nothing could be further from the truth

The science of love and sex
Scientists are publishing a large number of articles that deal with love, sex, and sexual relationships in advance of Valentine's Day as demonstrated by the following examples

Porn, women and feminism
Dusk TV, a Dutch channel, is broadcasting porn for women (aka 'porna'). Does it have the potential to open up what is sometimes considered 'niche' erotica for a wider range of audiences? [more]

College girls porno in Columbia's Library
What's the best way to challenge campus patriarchy and critique male fantasies of sorority initiations? By getting nekkid with the sisters and making out in the stacks, baby.

Chinese police order nudists to cover up
Chinese authorities have closed down the country's only nudist beach, ordering bare-bottomed bathers off its sands in a bid to create a "civilised social environment".

Wife sharing from a woman's perspective
What does it feel like for a wife to be engaged in the swinging lifestyle? What does it feel like for her to know that her husband is willingly sharing her with another man for sexual purposes?

The great pubic debate
It's a burning question: are we expected to shave down there or is okay to keep it all natural?

Confessions of a sex shop salesperson
A sex shop can be a lot more than just a place to buy sex toys. It also gives people a space to feel comfortable to speak openly, freely and honestly about sex.

A history of prostitution
Along with weed, some parts of North America have technically legalised prostitution in the last year, but how long has the sex trade really been in operation for?

1 Feb 2014

Georgian erotic tiles found in old pub
Eight sexually explicit tiles, found at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese pub in London and thought to date from the 18th century, will be displayed on Valentine's Day

A vibrating alarm clock?
The Wake Up Vibe alarm clock is a small device you place in your pants at bedtime. When morning comes it alerts you with a buzzing sensation that will make you smile [more]

Porn 101
This video is an incredibly informative 15 minute lesson in how to be a porn star for newbies, offering advice on agents, consent, STIs, testing, working conditions and other useful information